According to Buddha
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up some place else.
once i was seven years old, my mama told me,
“go make yourself some friends or you’ll be lonely.”
once i was seven years old
it was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
***
Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
However deep your
Knowledge of the scriptures,
It is no more than a strand of hair
In the vastness of space;
However important appears
Your worldly experience,
It is but a drop of water in a deep ravine.
all i can say is that my life is pretty plain
i like watchin’ the puddles gather rain
and all i can do is just pour some tea for two
and speak my point of view but it’s not sane, it’s not sane
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain. Forget the future, for it is beyond your reach. Control the present. Live supremely well now. This is the way of the wise…
i don’t know why i just can’t let it go
i don’t know why i just can’t let it go
memory’s old but i just can’t let it go
the idea’s gone but i just can’t let it go
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Be honest with yourself.
The world is not honest with you.
When you are honest with yourself
you find the road to inner peace.
well i won’t back down, no i won’t back down
you could stand me up at the gates of hell
but i won’t back down
gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around
and i’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down
gonna stand my ground and i won’t back down
***
random streets in Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
We have to live through the results of every experience we put others through.
lisboa, lisboa
the sorrow of your days gone by
now the hinterland of lovers should lay
beneath all your vacant skies
lisboa, lisboa
from alama’s arms to lisbendade
paper lanterns, falling embers
quiet cantors sing of sandade
the ever twilight amber of your alleyways
paint the air of evening oh so well
and strolls about the river bank
suggests there’s history left to tell
aye lisboa
a paradise beside the sea
***
walking random streets in Castelo, Lisbon ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary. Sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realisation, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Otherwise, continual intellectual study may result in vanity, false satisfaction, and undigested knowledge.
deixei de mim as frases que trocámos
os beijos e o tédio de os não ter
sem querer nós nos cegámos
sem querermos ver
ss roupas e os livros não os trouxe
que se envelheçam cobertos de pó
por querermos que assim fosse
deixo-te só
***
Gare do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal ~ April 2016
According to Buddha
The rains of life’s blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.
i never meant to cause you any sorrow
i never meant to cause you any pain
i only wanted one time to see you laughing
i only want to see you laughing in the purple rain
purple rain purple rain
purple rain purple rain
purple rain purple rain
***
Lisbon, walking random streets to train station ~ April 2016.
According to Buddha
Build your inner environment. Practice silence. I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say: “Go back into your inner castle.” It was very hard to comprehend then, but now I understand the way of peace.
ave generosa mundi rosa
felix et sacra virgo maria
espiritus sanctus laudamos te(ave, ave gemma preciosa)
espiritus sanctus laudamos te(sub intimo cordis in custodia)
cruxificie vulnerati ave mundi luminar
***
São Jorge Castle, Lisbon Portugal, April 2016.
According to Buddha
Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.
no teu olhar existe um segredo
que se revela por vezes a medo
como uma imagem trancada no espelho
olha de ti é de mim que me vejo
no teu olhar o silêncio é um apelo
que fica preso num fio de cabelo
e é nessa imagem que tudo revela
que o teu segredo se mostra à janela
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